Meaning of drum head | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.
2. A drumhead cabbage.

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Examples

“[…] out bounced the pudden itself, hoppin', as nimble as a pea on a drum-head, about the floor.”

“[…] I noticed with surprise, that when I struck the ice with the head of my axe, it resounded like a gong for many rods around, or as if I had struck on a tight drumhead.”

“Deer as mythological flying creatures appear to have played a vital role in the religious life of Zhang Zhung. It is written in Tibetan texts that its body parts were sought after in the manufacture of ritual objects such a[s] drumheads and tabernacles.”

“The Savoy is best for boiling; drum-head and purple for Cole-Slaw.”

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